The Animation Podcast Ep. 124

The Animation Podcast is a weekly podcast news show that looks into the latest news in the animation industry, hosted by FilmBook, created and narrated by FilmBook author Mathieu Brunet a.k.a. AniMat from the ElectricDragon505 YouTube channel. Music provided by Chris Holland.

In this episode, The Animation Podcast examines (the highlights):

Elton John revealed that Be Prepared will not be included in JonFavreau’s The Lion King (2019)

Paul King in talks to direct Disney’s live-action remake of Pinocchio

Netflix released the first trailer of Reboot: The Guardian Code

McDonald’s is bringing back the Szechuan Sauce after their disastrous campaign related to the meme from Rick and Morty

AniMat’s Pick of the Week: Disney is planning a reboot series of The Muppets (again) for their upcoming streaming service

The Animation Podcast examines the five news stories that occurred this week that put the animation industry in the headlines.

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About the author

Mathieu Brunet

My name is Mathieu Brunet (it's French) and I have been an independent film critic for the past 5 years. My passion is animation and I've been writing and making my own video reviews of animated features on my YouTube channel (ElectricDragon505), which now has about 55,000 subscribers, housing videos with total views over 20,000,000. I am the creator of Electric Dragon Productions which includes AniMat's Reviews and AniMat's Classic Reviews.